Bøker av Michael Toolan

Units, rules, codes, systems: this is how most linguists study language. This book provides an account of integrationalism, a theory of language that declines to accept that text and context, language and world, are distinct and stable categories.

Explores a range of written, spoken, literary and non-literary narratives. It shows what systematic attention to language can reveal about the narratives themselves, their tellers, and those to whom they are addressed.

Explains the topics in literary linguistics and helps students in analysing written texts. This book examines the ways in which language is organised to create particular meanings or effects. Covering topics such as naming patterns, modality and evaluation, and more, it presents the structuring principles within the English language.